Natural Gas Leak

FireWestminster: Firefighters from Pleasant Valley assisted Westminster at 2: 14 p.m. Wednesday, responding to a natural gas leak at Lemmon and Old Bachmans Valley roads. Units were out 1 1/2 hours.Reese: Firefighters from Westminster assisted Reese at 5: 35 p.m. Wednesday, responding to a bulldozer fire on Route 140 at Northern Landfill. Units were out 1 1/2 hours.PoliceWestminster: A Bond Street resident told police Wednesday that someone stole personal property from his home. The loss was estimated at $1,300.

FireMount Airy: Firefighters responded at 4: 38 p.m. Sunday to a natural gas leak at Robinwood and Meadowlark avenues. Units were out 30 minutes.Mount Airy: Firefighters responded at 2: 57 p.m. Saturday to a garage fire on Ridge Road in Montgomery County.PoliceWinfield: County Recreation Department workers told police Friday that three portable bathrooms were overturned and graffiti scrawled on buildings at Mayeski- Park on Old Liberty Road. Damage was estimated at $250.Pub Date: 4/14/98

The residents of six homes in the Hillendale section of Baltimore County were evacuated for about 2 1/2 hours last evening while a natural gas leak was repaired.A county Fire Department spokesman said the leak was reported about 5: 30 p.m. and residents of 1201 to 1211 Linkside Drive near Taylor Avenue were evacuated while Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. crews dug up the street, located and repaired the leak in a 10-inch main.Pub Date: 3/17/99

FireSykesville: Firefighters from Winfield and Gamber assisted Sykesville at 9: 38 p.m. Monday, responding to a burning air conditioner in the 6200 block of Longleaf Pine Road. Units were out 25 minutes.Sykesville: Firefighters from Gamber and Liberty Road in Baltimore County assisted Sykesville at 8: 36 p.m. Sunday, responding to a burning propane tank in the 5300 block of Wendy Road. Units were out 45 minutes.Sykesville: Firefighters responded at 6: 02 p.m. Sunday to an auto fire on Sykesville Road.

FireTaneytown: Firefighters from Harney, Littlestown, Pa., and Kingsdale, Pa., assisted Taneytown at 9: 51 a.m. Tuesday, responding to a brush fire on Blacks Schoolhouse Road. Units were out two hours.Taneytown: Firefighters responded at 8: 32 p.m. Monday to a natural gas leak in the 500 block of E. Baltimore St. Units were out one hour.Harney: Firefighters assisted Adams County, Pa., at 5: 04 p.m. Monday, responding to a woods fire in the 200 block of Harney Road. Units were out one hour and 15 minutes.

A 35-year-old man was treated for injuries from a manhole cover explosion and flash fire on Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard in Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County fire officials said. Flames from a blowtorch used by workers laying road striping near the Cromwell light rail station caused a manhole cover to explode just after noon and started a fire, said Battalion Chief Lee Cornwell. The manhole cover struck one worker, who was treated for minor burns and trauma at North Arundel Hospital, Cornwell said.

Carrolltowne Elementary School in Eldersburg was evacuated yesterday for more than an hour because of a natural gas line leak. To protect pupils from the cold during the evacuation, officials moved them to the Carrolltown Center mall from about 11 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. while the leaking 2-inch gas line was repaired, officials said. Sixteen firefighters in four trucks responded to help with the evacuation, but nobody was hurt and the school was not damaged, fire officials said.

A Reisterstown man is being held on cocaine charges at the Carroll County Detention Center after being arrested during a drug raid early Saturday.Bernard H. Davis, 32, was charged with possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia after Westminster police raided a Sullivan Avenue apartment at 3: 52 a.m. and seized suspected cocaine, paraphernalia and $1,649, police said.FireReese: Firefighters responded at 4: 10 a.m. Sunday to an oil spill on Baltimore Boulevard. Units were out 40 minutes.